The good news is the hoopskirt is finished!


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Yes, believe it or not I still try to pick at a couple of outstanding costume projects that have been gathering dust since the invention of the wheel.

The easiest one to get to lately has been my re-do of my Zelda arm bands.


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How sad is it that I had to make a note to myself to post this here on LJ? Oh, sweet Life, where have you gone?! ;_;

After seeing Emilie Autumn perform live, I find myself rather in lust with her Plague Rat ensemble:


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"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter." Carol Bishop Hipps

Finally finished, my second pair of cellophane fairy wings and a superior effort to the first, I think. See what you think.


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I have been a busy costume bee this "weekend":

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Since I had it out, I burn tested the velvet I had planned for Eowyn's green gown. As I suspected, it is not cotton. I ended up with a smoking pile of melted black goo. >_My inner fabric snob and my inner penny-pincher are now duking it out in the octagon. Every time I glance at the pile of goo, Fabric Snob lands a punch. Maybe Fashion Fabrics Club ( Read more... )

Let me assure you, you do not have a stash. I have a stash. I have the stash and I present it now in all it's, er, glory. o_0;

I finally worked up the chuztpah to go through the fabric collection like I did the patterns. Got out every last scrap. There were many scraps. The pile threatens to swallow me now that it has been freed from bondage. I ( Read more... )

So let's see how I've done with me to-do list so far...

March: Queen of Hearts Bloomers - Fail. Didn't finish 'em until the end of April.

April: Abby Sciuto’s Nightgown - EPIC fail! It's May and I haven't even started on this one! ;_;

May: Red Funeral Dress - Not yet a fail, as I still have time to do this by the end of the month if I get my ( Read more... )

At looooooooong last!! The first pair of heart-print bloomers are finally finished!


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